FFFAW@aol.com wrote

>One of my dearest friends is celebrating his 40th birthday on March 11th. I've been wracking my brain over a special gift for him and finally decided to just ASK. ;) Here's his reply:
>
>" i was thinking about what i wanted for my 40th birthday and decided what i really wanted was a celebration of my life in music . . . the most important song of the year (or song that captured the zeitgeist of the year) for each year of my life on 2 or three discs."
>

Not quite the same, but a couple of years ago at Christmas, I put 
together a CD for my three daughters (now 19, 21 and 23). Called 
"Defining Dad: A Love Note in Cool Tunes", I used some of my favorite 
songs to illuminate how I feel about life, about them, etc... I made a 
fully (Illustrator) illustrated booklet with lyrics and story-type liner 
notes for each song. Some of the Audities' favorites that made the CD: 
Jason Falkner, Big Star, Jellyfish, WonderMints, XTC, Nilsson, Beatles, 
etc.

I must have done a decent job with it because all three tell me they 
still listen to and cherish that gift.


Joe Field
http://FlyingColorsComics.com

(btw, two out of three daughters, my wife Libby and I saw Jason Falkner 
and Travis last night at the Warfield in San Francisco. Jason's solo set 
featured all five songs from his new EP "Bliss Descending", as well as 
"Revelation", "Holiday", "Wicked Annabella" and then on his last song 
"She Goes to Bed", members of Travis came out to back him up. Very cool. 
Travis also had a lot more punch live than their CDs and put on a very 
good show.)